How They Did It
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How They Did It: This Director Over-Prepared in Order to Get Novitiate Shot Before a Hard Deadline
The greatest challenge for me in shooting Novitiate was the limited amount of days we had—28, to be exact—to pull off such a performance-heavy... -
How They Did It: This Director’s New Doc About Legendary Acting Coach Larry Moss Demystifies the Acting Process
Film has been associated with magic since its inception. Even as a child, the interaction and connection between everyone involved in producing... -
How They Did It: Directing a Rape Scene in an Exploitation Film… Without Exploiting Your Female Protagonist
I usually don’t shy away from work that makes me uncomfortable. No matter how much it scares me, I push myself to... -
How They Did It: Shooting A South Florida Short Film, "Chasing Titles Vol. 1," In Nasty Weather With AK-47s
As the writer, producer and director of “Chasing Titles Vol. 1,” I had a very clear vision of how everything should look... -
How They Did It: To Shoot The Mutineer in 35mm, the Director Took a Scalpel to His Ultra-Low Budget
In 2012, I wrote down the first idea I had for The Mutineer, with the intention of shooting it the next year... -
How They Did It: The Te Ata Director on Taking Cues from the Chickasaw Nation and Respecting Their Legacy
When I first received the script for Te Ata, I wondered how I might connect with a Native American woman from the... -
How They Did It: A Spread-Out Schedule and Streamlined Crew Helped Negative Make Its Days
It was the middle of the night. We were out in the high desert of the Antelope Valley, north of Los Angeles,... -
How They Did It: This Cinematographer Shot and Survived Explosive Wildfires For The Netflix Doc Series Fire Chasers
Exploding propane tanks and live rounds, swirling firestorms, 10-ton airborne retardant drops, invisible fire pits and some of the most explosive fire... -
How They Did It: Shooting a Flashlit Prison Horror Movie, Against the Night, on the Sony a7S
From conception, my feature Against the Night, about a group of friends who sneak into an abandoned prison, was always going to... -
Distribute and Conquer: How the Director of "2500km" Landed Her $500 Short Film an HBO Premiere
My name is Daniela Arguello. I’m the director, writer, producer, camera operator and cinematographer of my short film “2500km.” “2500km” is about...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8